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La Réunion was a utopian socialist community formed in 1855 by French, Belgian, and Swiss colonists on the south bank of the Trinity River in central Dallas County, Texas (US). The colony site is a short distance north of Interstate 30 near downtown Dallas. [1]
By 1855 approximately three hundred immigrants from France, Switzerland, and Belgium settled on Considerant's chosen spot and named it La Reunion. The settlement survived only three years. Drought and insect infestation destroyed the crops.
23 Οκτ 2017 · La Réunion may have collapsed more than 100 years ago, but its residents – with their skills, their worldly perspectives and their wine – made Dallas what it is today. [cq_vc_thumbnailcaption images=”48517″] airbus777/Flickr. Reunion Tower in downtown Dallas was named for La Réunion.
28 Οκτ 2021 · Today, there are a few remnants of La Réunion in Dallas. Many people have forgotten about the history of the community, but Reunion Tower and Reverchon Park keep their memory alive.
Pamphlet about the Texas Centennial celebrations and information about the state including the Centennial Gateway in Dallas, Texas missions, landmarks in south and west Texas, the Texas mountains, as well as other geographic features and points of interest.
La Réunion was a utopian socialist community formed in 1855 by French, Belgian, and Swiss colonists on the south bank of the Trinity River in central Dallas County, Texas, United States. The colony site is a short distance north of Interstate 30 near downtown Dallas.
26 Μαρ 2016 · “La Reunion” by Ernestine Porcher Sewell, from The Folklore of Texan Cultures (1974), here Watch Julia Barton’s presentation of “Port of Dallas” — about the misguided hopes to turn the Trinity River into a navigable waterway from Galveston to Dallas — here .
